Taniela Tupou saved K.J. Carta-Samuels from a beatdown.
Well, maybe not a beatdown, but Washington nose tackle Elijah Qualls had ill intentions towards the Huskies backup quarterback. Carta-Samuels’ fourth-quarter fumble at the UW 4 threatened the team’s 49-0 shutout over Sacramento State in Saturday’s home opener at Husky Stadium.
“I actually told K.J. that if they got any points on the board that I was going to beat him up,” Qualls, a 311-pound sophomore, said smiling. “I was just playing with him, but kind of.
2013 The last time UW posted a shutout, when the Huskies beat Idaho State, 56-0, on Sept.